Practice questions frequently arise from day-to-day problems encoun-
tered by clinicians, administrators, and nurse educators. Answers to
these questions in the form of evidence are available in print or by
way of electronic media or evidence summaries such as systematic
reviews, integrative reviews, literature reviews, and guidelines. The
objectives of this chapter are to help you:
■■ Identify the steps in forming an EBP team
■■ Define practice problems appropriate for an EBP approach
■■ Use the PICO framework to create an answerable EBP
questionThe practice question phase of the PET process (Practice question,
Evidence, Translation) includes six operational steps, shown in Box
4.1. The first step is to assemble an interprofessional team to examine
a specific practice concern or problem. Team members work together